16 detained in İstanbul for protesting arms fair featuring contractors supplying weapons to Israel
At least 16 demonstrators were detained in İstanbul on Tuesday on accusations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan following a protest against the...
Journalists accosted by police while covering a fire in Turkey’s Sivas province
Journalist Hüsnü Ümit Avcı, a correspondent for the Doğan News Agency (DHA), had an altercation with a police officer on Friday who tried to...
Turkish Alzheimer’s patient jailed over Gülen ties hospitalized after health deteriorates
İbrahim Güngör, a 73-year-old Alzheimer’s patient whose deteriorating health raised concerns about his continued imprisonment, was hospitalized on July 25 after contracting an infection,...
‘I am being held in prison on the basis of a fiction,’ says jailed...
Osman Kavala, a prominent businessman and philanthropist who has been jailed since October 18, 2017, said in a written interview he gave through his...
Father seeking justice in daughter’s death released from prison after 38 days, vows to...
Şaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz Vatan, whose suspicious death in 2018 remains unsolved, was released from prison on Thursday after 38 days...
US urges Turkey to de-escalate in Syria to protect civilians, support defeat of ISIS
The United States on Monday urged a de-escalation in Syria, where Ankara has carried out airstrikes and is threatening to launch a ground offensive,...
Turkey detains 41 in nationwide operations targeting Gülen movement
Forty-one people have been detained in nationwide operations in the past 10 days as part of a continuing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement,...
UN committee faults Turkey in case of teacher who died in custody after arrest...
The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Wednesday released its decision concerning an application submitted on behalf of a teacher who was allegedly tortured...
Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo’s concerts canceled in Turkey over ‘religious sensitivities’
Six concerts in Turkey featuring exiled Iranian musician Mohsen Namjoo have been canceled following orders from high-ranking authorities citing “religious sensitivities,” according to the...
Woman pushed back by Greece says what masked group did was humiliating and disappointing
A woman who was among five Turks pushed back to Turkey by Greek authorities a week ago Friday says they experienced humiliation and disappointment...
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